Table 1 Clinical and laboratory features of enrolled patients divided according to seroconversion status for anti-Spike antibodies.

From: Seroconversion to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with autoimmune cytopenias and bone marrow failures

 

All patients

N = 149

Seroconverted

N = 135

Not seroconverted

N = 14

Age, years

73 (17–93)

73 (17–93)

75 (50–86)

Males/females

79/70

73/62

6/8

Disease

Warm AIHA, N (%)

21

15 (71)

6 (29)*

Cold AIHA, N (%)

16

14 (88)

2 (12)

ITP, N (%)

25

24 (96)

1 (4)

Evans syndrome, N (%)

11

7 (64)

4 (36)*

AA, N (%)

11

11 (100)

0 (0)

PNH, N (%)

19

19 (100)

0 (0)

LR-MDS, N (%)

46

45 (98)

1 (2)

Laboratory values

Neutrophils ×109/L

3.1 (0.07–16)

3.07 (0.07–16)

3.6 (0.2–14)

Lymphocytes ×109/L

1.53 (0.37–5.8)

1.5 (0.37–5.8)

1.3 (0.51–5.2)

Total IgG, mg/dL

951 (207–2128)

998 (207–2128)

659 (256–1011)**

Therapy

No treatment, N (%)

41

38 (93)

3 (7)

Steroids, N (%)

31

24 (77)

7 (23)***

Dose, mg/day

7.5 (3–62.5)

7.5 (2.5–37.5)

10 (5–62.5)

Cyclosporine, N (%)

19

19 (100)

0 (0)

Complement inhibitor, N (%)

20

20 (100)

0 (0)

Combined immunosuppressants, N (%)

10

8 (80)

2 (20)***

BM stimulating agents, N (%)

28

26 (93)

2 (7)

 < 12 months from rituximab

5

2 (40)

3 (60)***

Time from rituximab, months

24 (1–156)

26 (6–156)

21 (1–72)

Previous COVID-19, N(%)

18

18 (100)

0 (0)*

  1. *p ≤ 0.001; **p = 0.005; ***p < 0.05.